{"product_id":"fluid-mechanics-p-9780198805038","title":"Fluid Mechanics P","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Rajeev\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Academic\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Academic\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Mechanics - Fluids\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFluid Mechanics: A Geometrical Point of View\u003c\/em\u003e emphasizes general principles of physics illustrated by simple examples in fluid mechanics. Advanced mathematics (e.g., Riemannian geometry and Lie groups) commonly used in other parts of theoretical physics (e.g. General Relativity or High Energy Physics) are explained and applied to fluid mechanics. This follows on from the author's book \u003cem\u003eAdvanced Mechanics\u003c\/em\u003e (Oxford University Press, 2013). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter introducing the fundamental equations (Euler and Navier-Stokes), the book provides particular cases: ideal and viscous flows, shocks, boundary layers, instabilities, and transients. A restrained look at integrable systems (KdV) leads into a formulation of an ideal fluid as a hamiltonian system. Arnold's deep idea, that the instability of a fluid can be understood using the curvature of the diffeomorphism group, will be explained. Leray's work on regularity of Navier-Stokes solutions, and the modern developments arising from it, will be explained in language for physicists. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlthough this is a book on theoretical physics, readers will learn basic numerical methods: spectral and finite difference methods, geometric integrators for ordinary differential equations. Readers will take a deep dive into chaotic dynamics, using the Smale horse shoe as an example. Aref's work on chaotic advection is explained. The book concludes with a self-contained introduction to renormalization, an idea from high energy physics which is expected to be useful in developing a theory of turbulence.","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46480528441495,"sku":"9780198805038","price":4255.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780198805038.jpg?v=1766309286","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/fluid-mechanics-p-9780198805038","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}